Phoenix 1600s Hill 60 slope soar - with kestrel

[@Mamen_75]

Lovely flight with a special friend ;) Love my Phoenix 1600 too, it sure can take some abuse and it's super maneuverable 👍 I added flaps on mine, makes a BIG difference when you have a limited space to land, it hovers like an helicopter :D

[@jay.the.mole.7143]

Flaps would be so useful, I should do this as well. Landing can be a bit tricky atm.

[@Mamen_75]

@@jay.the.mole.7143 I have some videos testing these flaps out, you can see especially on part 3 how to do it :) Here is part 2 with some real life testing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haWtfXifp7SHjbc Now I have them set with first position just about 5mm down for thermal hunting (it works beautifully!) with 5% elevator compensation, and then the second at full 45 to 50º down with around 16% down elevator mix, it's my final settings ;)

[@hike2fly]

Nice flight. What do you think of the RunCam?

[@jay.the.mole.7143]

Weight and size are awesome . So far only half happy with video quality, but am only running at 2K. I need to get a faster micro sd card ro do 4K

[@AndrewWebster-u7f]

Hey mate just discovered your channel and I’m enjoying your videos as I slope soar in Illawarra as well. I’ve noticed you fly in a lot of different locations but you don’t have any videos of the north side of Hill 60 which is surprising because I reckon that’s the best place in the Illawarra. Have you tried the north side?

[@jay.the.mole.7143]

Hey glad you're enjoying. And very good question, actually been keen to fly there but bit freaked out around landings, with the small landing area. What are you thoughts?

[@davidbrown_au]

@@jay.the.mole.7143 Hi Jay, also new to your channel, landing is not all that hard at the top of hill 60, we just aim our foamy planes at something soft looking & try not to hit it to hard. If you would like to practice with one om my foamy gliders, just let me know.

[@AndrewWebster-u7f]

The thing is once you fly there you won’t want to fly anywhere else, it’s awesome. Not a good area for big planes, would suggest a 1.2m or smaller foamy for there. Couple of different ways to land. 1. Slowly sweep left and right slowly backing your way in and drop down. (Watch out for tourists) 😂2. Fly around behind the hill and drop down. (Watch out for Mercedes and BMW’s)😂 Don’t know if that’s helpful at all. Hope to see you up there sometime.

[@jay.the.mole.7143]

@@AndrewWebster-u7f ok sounds worth a go, something to shoot for come spring.